Japan hit by another earthquake

Japan today hit by another strong earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale again in the waters northeast of the country.
Reported the quake occurred in the same place during an earthquake on March 11 and measuring 9 on the Richter scale.
Japan Meteorological Agency also issued a tsunami warning to over one meter high waves are expected to hit coastal areas.
According to officials, the epicenter located 40 kilometers under the ocean waters off Miyagi at 11:32 pm local time (10.32 pm Malaysian time).
Buildings in Tokyo reported so far were shaking for several minutes.
United States Geological Survey (USGS) in the initial report also reports an earthquake measuring 7.4 magnitude struck off the coast of eastern Japan, 100 kilometers from 140 kilometers from Sendai and Fukushima.


Hundreds of aftershocks struck the area northeast of Japan since March 11 last, but few have the strength of more than 7 on the Richter scale.
The earthquake occurred Jepunbertungkus-hard Police find bodies of thousands of lost during the tsunami before the dead bodies rotting in the surrounding waters are closed due to radiation leaks at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
After nearly a month of strong earthquake caused a tsunami that struck northeastern Japan, more than 14.700 people are reported missing with many of them swept out to sea.
A few days after the disaster on March 11, the hard work of the rescuers find victims under the rubble, but the leakage radiaso of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex has delayed efforts.
The officer said, time is running out to find and identify those killed in the incident and are currently increasing efforts to find the bodies concerned.
''We need to find it now because their bodies are decaying. It is a race between the nuclear and radiation threats,''said regional police spokesman Fukushima, Ryoichi Tsunoda.
12.500 has been approved so far died in the disaster.
In the latest development in nuclear power plants, decreasing the radiation leak.
After successfully scaling and cracking resulting in leakage of yesterday, today's technicians began pumping nitrogen into the reactor chamber to reduce the risk of hydrogen explosion
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